Events happening today
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ALL
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07 March 2018
Visible from around 1am, the Moon is at it's highest around 4.20am when the separation is around 3.5 degrees. They continue to get closer as they are lost in daytime, being at 3 degrees 28" at 6am.
Best seen with the naked eye or binoculars
Celestial Events -
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07 March 2018 04:18 06:30
GRS Transit on Jupiter, crossing the meridian at 4.18am with Jupiter at just over 21 degrees altitude. GRS starts to come onto the disk at around 2.10am, disappearing at around 6.15am.
A couple more events too, an Io Shadow Transit starting at 4.22am and an occultation or Ganymede at 4.29am. Full timings in the attachment. Best time to view is probably 5.18am with both shadow and GRS well positioned.
Celestial Events